Herman Goering
Herman Goering was the director of the four year plan and therefore was the reason that many Jewish business owners lost their stores and regular people lost houses and land just because they were Jewish. This was part of his job in which he had to aryanize the properties and get rid of all the Jewish people living on them. He was also one of the reasons that the Jewish religion had no say in any politics. Goering was one of the few men that were in the Reichstag, or German parliament. He was a very influential person and often used fire as a threat for communists who did not listen to what the Nazis wanted them to do. When Goering was tried at the Nuremberg trials he was sentenced to death by hanging. The night before he was supposed to die he committed suicide by taking a cyanide pill. He left a suicide note that said he thought he was to important to die of being hanged and that if he was to be shot then that would have been fine by him.
This is an interview between the reporter Montana Carlson And the Nazi Herman Goering.
Q: So what exactly did you do for the Nazi party?
A: I did a few things including being the leader of several of the SS departments.
Q: What did you do with the SS?
A: Well the SS is the personal army of Adolf Hitler and we also took care of the killing part in the concentration camps.
Q: Were you ever sorry for what you did?
A: No I believed that what I was doing was right.
Q: Why did you join the Nazi party in the first place?
A: I had no question that this party would take off and I wanted to be part of it.
Q: Was there anything in this party that you didn’t do because you disagreed with it?
A: Even if I had disagreed with it our orders were to listen and that is what I did, so no.
Q: So I hear that your sentence is death, do you feel that you deserve this punishment?
A: I did what I did for my country and my ruler, if there is a consequence for doing the right thing then I will proudly accept it.
Q: Does it bother you that I am asking about your death?
A: No not at all.
Q: So how does it feel to know that you are to be hanged?
A: For a man of my importance I feel that this is not a fair death.
Q: What do you think would have been a fair death?
A: A shooting would have been just fine for me.
Q: Why would a shooting have been fair yet not a hanging?
A: Well we just got out of the war. Is that not what you do in wars, you shoot.
Q: So why do you think that the Jews are such a different people than we are?
A: Why are you a reporter while I am such an important man? That is just the way it is there is no other explanation for it.
Q: And how strongly do you dislike them?
A: Well I was in charge of destroying the Jewish property and I would rather have killed all of them than to have destroy such good land.
Q: So you feel that the land is more important than the person that lives on it?
A: If that person is a Jew then yes I do.
Q: So do you truly think that they are not as important as everyone else?
A: Well is this is not true then why are we teaching it to all of the children in school.
Q: So was there anything else you did in Hitler’s army?
A: Well in a way we were very close.
Q: And in what way was that?
A: If there were anything that Hitler needed to be done then I would do it for him.
Q: Is there anything else that you did?
A: I was one of the few members of the German parliament and even, under the order of Mr. Hitler, would order important meetings.
Q: Then would you say that you were very high up in Hitler’s army?
A: yes I would even say that I was second in command.
Q: So you have been found guilty in many things that include crimes against humanity, how does it make you feel that people think this of you?
A: I do not care what they think as long as I know what is right.
Q: So are you ready for the big day tomorrow?
A: Just because I am dedicated to my country does not mean I want to die so, no I am not.
Q: I am sorry to hear that and I want to thank you for your time. Is there anything that you would like to say before I leave you for good?
A: The only thing is that you have your beliefs and I have mine. If you are convicting me for killing because of the beliefs of a Jewish person then think of what you are doing to me at this very moment.
Montana: Thank you for your time Mr. Goering Goering: Your welcome and good day to you.
Herman Goering was the director of the four year plan and therefore was the reason that many Jewish business owners lost their stores and regular people lost houses and land just because they were Jewish. This was part of his job in which he had to aryanize the properties and get rid of all the Jewish people living on them. He was also one of the reasons that the Jewish religion had no say in any politics. Goering was one of the few men that were in the Reichstag, or German parliament. He was a very influential person and often used fire as a threat for communists who did not listen to what the Nazis wanted them to do. When Goering was tried at the Nuremberg trials he was sentenced to death by hanging. The night before he was supposed to die he committed suicide by taking a cyanide pill. He left a suicide note that said he thought he was to important to die of being hanged and that if he was to be shot then that would have been fine by him.
This is an interview between the reporter Montana Carlson And the Nazi Herman Goering.
Q: So what exactly did you do for the Nazi party?
A: I did a few things including being the leader of several of the SS departments.
Q: What did you do with the SS?
A: Well the SS is the personal army of Adolf Hitler and we also took care of the killing part in the concentration camps.
Q: Were you ever sorry for what you did?
A: No I believed that what I was doing was right.
Q: Why did you join the Nazi party in the first place?
A: I had no question that this party would take off and I wanted to be part of it.
Q: Was there anything in this party that you didn’t do because you disagreed with it?
A: Even if I had disagreed with it our orders were to listen and that is what I did, so no.
Q: So I hear that your sentence is death, do you feel that you deserve this punishment?
A: I did what I did for my country and my ruler, if there is a consequence for doing the right thing then I will proudly accept it.
Q: Does it bother you that I am asking about your death?
A: No not at all.
Q: So how does it feel to know that you are to be hanged?
A: For a man of my importance I feel that this is not a fair death.
Q: What do you think would have been a fair death?
A: A shooting would have been just fine for me.
Q: Why would a shooting have been fair yet not a hanging?
A: Well we just got out of the war. Is that not what you do in wars, you shoot.
Q: So why do you think that the Jews are such a different people than we are?
A: Why are you a reporter while I am such an important man? That is just the way it is there is no other explanation for it.
Q: And how strongly do you dislike them?
A: Well I was in charge of destroying the Jewish property and I would rather have killed all of them than to have destroy such good land.
Q: So you feel that the land is more important than the person that lives on it?
A: If that person is a Jew then yes I do.
Q: So do you truly think that they are not as important as everyone else?
A: Well is this is not true then why are we teaching it to all of the children in school.
Q: So was there anything else you did in Hitler’s army?
A: Well in a way we were very close.
Q: And in what way was that?
A: If there were anything that Hitler needed to be done then I would do it for him.
Q: Is there anything else that you did?
A: I was one of the few members of the German parliament and even, under the order of Mr. Hitler, would order important meetings.
Q: Then would you say that you were very high up in Hitler’s army?
A: yes I would even say that I was second in command.
Q: So you have been found guilty in many things that include crimes against humanity, how does it make you feel that people think this of you?
A: I do not care what they think as long as I know what is right.
Q: So are you ready for the big day tomorrow?
A: Just because I am dedicated to my country does not mean I want to die so, no I am not.
Q: I am sorry to hear that and I want to thank you for your time. Is there anything that you would like to say before I leave you for good?
A: The only thing is that you have your beliefs and I have mine. If you are convicting me for killing because of the beliefs of a Jewish person then think of what you are doing to me at this very moment.
Montana: Thank you for your time Mr. Goering
Goering: Your welcome and good day to you.
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